title: Peripartum cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a dilated cardiomyopathy in which left ventricular systolic dysfunction and symptoms of heart failure occur between the late stages of pregnancy and the early postpartum period. It is relatively uncommon. In this case report I describe the development of PPCM in the first pregnancy of a woman of older maternal age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Taranaki Base Hospital, Private Bag 2016, New Plymouth 4620, New Zealand. fitzgerald.zhanje@tdhb.org.nz
authors.forename: Fitzgerald T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Zhanje
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis*